Re: appropriate leaders
Greg Highfield (gjh@ASD470.DSEG.TI.COM)
Thu, 18 Nov 1993 18:21:32 CST
> From: Steve Souza <76703.633@compuserve.com>
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> ... some deleted
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> Though it is true that those who choose "alternate lifestyles" are not going
> to negatively influence mature youth or adults in a negative way, they
> likely could have a detrimental effect on younger Scouts while they are
> formulating their ideas of what constitutes right/wrong behaviour in todays
> society.
What a pile of dung. If your troop leaders are flauting their wives, girl
friends, or mistresses at troop activities so that your Scouts are learning
their sexuality there, you all need to be tossed out of the BSA. Just as
I doubt that you would do that, nether would gay leaders. They would not be
there to recruit new gays, that's not how you become gay. Handled properly,
no one would know a leader was gay unless they asked. Sexual behavior or
promiscuity is inappropriate at troop activities no matter whether you are
straight or gay. If you are concerned about the safety of the children from
gays, again you are off base. Most pedophiles are heterosexuals, not
homosexuals. That's why we have YPP and 2 deep leadership, to protect them
from the (predominantly heterosexual) child molestors. But that doesn't seem
to matter, you sound more interested that everyone share your view of
'traditional' values.
> Like it or not, the alternate lifestyles espoused by some today is NOT right
> behaviour in todays society. Scouting has a longstanding tradition of
> instilling 'traditional' (conservative) values in maturing youth. Once those
> youth are older and have adult judgement available to them, they can make
> their own decisions. BSA is designed to prepare them to be able to make
> adult decisions.
You don't prepare them for the world by hiding it from them. I am more
concerned with you teaching them your narrow mindedness. That will leave
them more damaged and less prepared to face the world than meeting a
gay person. Gays are not the danger here, irrational hate and bigotry are.
Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 291 >>>---------->
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